Thirty seven years of association with AUC and Engineering

Thirty seven years of association with AUC and Engineering
Mervat Shenouda, 1975 Alumna and Adjunct Faculty, Mechanical Engineering Department
I was once an AUC student and now a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering department. I’m also a
wife and mother of 2 girls (28 and 30 years old). In the coming few lines I would like to share with you some
of the memories that I deeply cherish during all the time I spent at
AUC.
My first memories go back to 1970 when I first joined AUC as a
student, young and enthusiastic as I was my ambition was to
become an engineer, so I decided to join the Materials
Engineering department.
My years as a student were times that have a special place in my
heart and mind and are also times that greatly affected and
shaped my personality, my attitudes and most significantly the
way I think. As a student I enjoyed a very unique mix of a social
and intellectual kind of life. I spent unforgettable time in the
engineering workshop in the science building, many lovely events
in Ewart hall and Oriental hall, the Fountain area as well as the old
library which was in the Hill House in the main campus. As
students we looked up greatly to our professors who taught us
how to enjoy learning and to make the best we can from
everything we learnt and shared. We also made some lifetime
friendships that we’ve kept along all the years.
Following my graduation in 1975, I started to pursue my
Masters degree in the field of Materials engineering. During this
period I was married and had my two beloved daughters. As
part of my work during this period, I was lucky to witness the
beginning of the Materials and Manufacturing Major as part of
the Mechanical Engineering department. I received my masters
in 1980, followed by my PhD in Materials Engineering in 1990
under the supervision of my great tutor and professor; Dr.
Mahmoud Farag -Professor of Mechanical Engineering in AUC-to
whom I owe great respect and gratitude.
Since that time and until now I am still part of AUC as I continue
to work as a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering
department.
My link to AUC was further deepened when my youngest
daughter also joined AUC in 1996, and graduated with highest
honors in 2001 as a Mechanical Engineer.
Now I am proud to be present during another important milestone; that is the move of AUC to the new
campus in new Cairo. And although the old campus in Tahrir holds with it all my great memories for the past
37 years, I am still very eager to see how AUC will be further developing and expanding in the new campus,
as wherever it is located I will always remain very proud to be part of it….

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Thirty seven years of association with AUC and Engineering
Mervat Shenouda, 1975 Alumna and Adjunct Faculty, Mechanical Engineering Department
I was once an AUC student and now a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering department. I’m also a
wife and mother of 2 girls (28 and 30 years old). In the coming few lines I would like to share with you some
of the memories that I deeply cherish during all the time I spent at
AUC.
My first memories go back to 1970 when I first joined AUC as a
student, young and enthusiastic as I was my ambition was to
become an engineer, so I decided to join the Materials
Engineering department.
My years as a student were times that have a special place in my
heart and mind and are also times that greatly affected and
shaped my personality, my attitudes and most significantly the
way I think. As a student I enjoyed a very unique mix of a social
and intellectual kind of life. I spent unforgettable time in the
engineering workshop in the science building, many lovely events
in Ewart hall and Oriental hall, the Fountain area as well as the old
library which was in the Hill House in the main campus. As
students we looked up greatly to our professors who taught us
how to enjoy learning and to make the best we can from
everything we learnt and shared. We also made some lifetime
friendships that we’ve kept along all the years.
Following my graduation in 1975, I started to pursue my
Masters degree in the field of Materials engineering. During this
period I was married and had my two beloved daughters. As
part of my work during this period, I was lucky to witness the
beginning of the Materials and Manufacturing Major as part of
the Mechanical Engineering department. I received my masters
in 1980, followed by my PhD in Materials Engineering in 1990
under the supervision of my great tutor and professor; Dr.
Mahmoud Farag -Professor of Mechanical Engineering in AUC-to
whom I owe great respect and gratitude.
Since that time and until now I am still part of AUC as I continue
to work as a faculty member in the Mechanical Engineering
department.
My link to AUC was further deepened when my youngest
daughter also joined AUC in 1996, and graduated with highest
honors in 2001 as a Mechanical Engineer.
Now I am proud to be present during another important milestone; that is the move of AUC to the new
campus in new Cairo. And although the old campus in Tahrir holds with it all my great memories for the past
37 years, I am still very eager to see how AUC will be further developing and expanding in the new campus,
as wherever it is located I will always remain very proud to be part of it….